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were the victims of their own 

 cheating. 



Enormous sums are often 

 paid for good race horses, 

 which is not surprising inas- 

 much as enormous sums may 

 be won with them. In March, 

 1900, at a pubhc sale of the 

 horses of the Dutie of West- 

 minster, the celebrated racer 

 Hying Fox, which had won 

 the Derby the preceding year, 

 was bought for $200,000, by 

 the celebrated French breeder 

 of Thoroughbreds, M. Edmond 

 Blanc. Up to that time this 

 was the highest sum ever 

 given for a horse. At two 

 years of age this stallion had 

 happens that those who have bet on a horse raced three times and carried off two prizes ; at 

 emplov all means to render a dangerous rival three years he raced six times and was victor 

 harmless. Here is an illustration. in all. By eleven races, won by him before he 



Flying t ox 



The Duke of Queensberry, 

 an excellent horseman him- 

 self, received notice from his 

 jockey, who was to ride for 

 him the next day, that he had 

 been offered a considerable 

 sum of money from persons 

 who had backed another 

 horse, if he would restrain the 

 duke's horse and let himself 

 be beaten. "Accept the 

 monev," said the duke, "and 

 come upon the course to- 

 morrow with the horse as if 

 nothing had happened." The 

 jockey did so, but just before 

 the start was made the duke 

 said suddenly, " The weather 

 is so fine I think I will ride 

 my own horse." So saying, 

 he threw off his cloak and ap- 

 peared in jockey dress. He 

 won the race and caused the 

 loss of many bets that were 

 dependent upon the bribe, so 

 that the swindlers themselves 



was four years old, he 

 earned for his master 

 $200,441. For his half- 

 brother Frontier the 

 French government paid 

 150,000 francs ($30,000). 

 When Flying Fox reached 

 France he was put at the 

 service of breeders for two 

 thousand dollars per mare. 

 The Duke of Westmin- 

 ster had sold in 1 889, at the 

 reduced and trifling price 



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